Political consultant Jane Bodine (Sandra Bullock) had a mental breakdown and lives in seclusion. Nell (Ann Dowd), Buckley (Scoot McNairy), and Ben (Anthony Mackie) hire her to consult on the failing campaign of Pedro Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida) as Bolivian President. He is a former leader who instigated harsh tactics and politics. She discovers old foe Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton) is running the leading candidate's campaign. She brings in LeBlanc (Zoe Kazan) to do opposition research.
This movie wants to be a powerful statement against politics but is also trying to be a silly comedy. The fact that it's dealing with realistic world politics means that it needs to be more vicious. It needs to be darker. It needs to hit harder. The charismatic Bullock is stuck in no-woman's land. She is still compelling and fun although fun is not necessarily the needed adjective.
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
Action / Comedy / Drama
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
Action / Comedy / Drama
Plot summary
Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
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January 20, 2016 at 07:26 PM
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needs to be darker
Playing both sides
'Our Brand is Crisis' is based upon the apparently true story of the wholly cynical manipulation of a presidential campaign in a Latin American country. With such subject matter, one would expect it to come across a lot more dark but unfortunately, this movie has a fairly laconic, wishy-washy feel to it. The promised head-butting between the two leads (Thornton and Bullock) comes across more as half-hearted ironic flirtation. The attempt at sentimentality at the end seems forced. I believe this movie would have played better as an unrepentant dark comedy, and also get the sense that it should have been a made-for-t.v. movie. There are some terrific location shots, apparently filmed in Bolivia, where the movie is set.
Good movie, too bad smoking lobby ruined it
It's a good movie with allot of "cool people" smoking in every tense situation. Feels a bit like a cigarette commercial. Other than that the story and the acting is great, it even has some really powerful emotions. I thought smoking is not cool anymore because it kills so many people but I guess they are still finding a way to get to kids.